Intense Israeli attacks cause carnage in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut

Israel has conducted aggregate attacks against Hezbollah strongholds successful confederate Beirut, and battles person raged successful confederate Lebanon aft Hezbollah claimed 50 attacks connected Israeli targets successful 1 day.

The Israeli subject said Hezbollah fired 250 projectiles into Israel connected Sunday, portion of a question of attacks the equipped radical said person targeted areas that see the Ashdod naval basal successful confederate Israel and subject sites adjacent Tel Aviv.

The Israeli service warned successful a connection connected X that it would people Hezbollah “facilities and interests” successful the Lebanese capital’s confederate suburbs.

The subject aboriginal said the aerial unit connected Monday had “conducted intelligence-based strikes connected respective Hezbollah bid centres” successful the area.

Lebanon’s authoritative National News Agency (NNA) reported “three strikes connected the vicinity of Haret Hreik” successful Beirut’s confederate suburbs, and AFPTV images showed heavy fume rising from the area.

The attacks followed dense raids connected the country the nighttime before.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education suspended classes connected Monday for schools, method institutes and backstage higher acquisition institutions successful Beirut and a fig of surrounding areas, citing “the existent unsafe conditions”.

The escalation came arsenic the United States and the European Union pushed for a truce successful a warfare Lebanon said has killed astatine slightest 3,754 radical since October 2023, astir of them successful the past 2 months.